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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    Not for me, but I am surprised how much I like it.....

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    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      mclaincausey
      見習いボス
      @Giles
      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

      @Giles Hermes is crushing horology at least from a design perspective. I love that and also this:

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      Think it, be it.

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        bluemantra
        Haraki san Prodigy
        Joined: 19 Feb 2023

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        WTB IHJ-140-IG size L

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          Mizmazzle
          見習いボス
          @bluemantra
          Joined: 29 Jun 2021

          @bluemantra love the numbering on that dial.

          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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            Anesthetist
            見習いボス
            Joined: 14 May 2011

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            2 Squares in 2 weeks 😃
            This one is the DW-5000R, basically a recreation of the original Gshock from 1983.

            IG: bluehandsslim

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              JDelage
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 13 Jan 2012

              I recently met someone wearing a vintage Omega Polaris. It's a bit small by today's standards but it's very nice for a bi-metal watch. They should update & re-release it IMHO.

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                northsouthdenimguy
                Haraki san Expert
                Joined: 27 Nov 2022

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                  Luijim78
                  啓蒙家
                  @Anesthetist
                  Joined: 19 Aug 2022

                  @Anesthetist it's amazing my friend congratulations 👏👏👏, I have been a "collector" of g-shock for years. I love them and in particular I love this historic model 🤩🤩

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                    bonguno
                    Haraki san Student
                    @northsouthdenimguy
                    Joined: 29 Dec 2022

                    @northsouthdenimguy Pre-cyclops sea dwellers are my fave.. and then on the nato. That's what I'm talkin' about

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                      Rococo
                      The Unwoven
                      @Giles
                      Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                      @Giles Undoubtedly a beauty but a dress watch, curious as to how you harmonize that with IH's aesthetic. Is it a 24/7 piece or special occasion only? Or...?

                      "Style demonstrates the ability to meet the current challenges; it signifies being fully alive to the moment." - Richard Brody

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        The Grand Seiko?

                        As I have said elsewhere I think that GS is the horological equivalent of Iron Heart. Extremely well made, innovative but with a strong nod to classic design, and worn by people who don't give a shit about the fact that most people wont know what an earth they are wearing. And it's Japanese to boot.

                        I wear it when I feel like it, which is, if I know I wont be doing anything that risks getting it dunked in water - so that rules out fishing, boating and most (moist) holidays. It is also very difficult to read in low light levels, so that rules out quite a lot too. Other than that, I wear it when I can and have never thought about whether it "goes" or not with IH. But now I have been given occasion to think about it, to me it does, both emotionally and intellectually, and I don't really care what anyone else thinks.

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          So on the don't wear it on hoildays theme. I'm in Costa Rica where I will dive, fish, bird watch in the rain (because it has rained non stop since we got here) and I have no desire for a good watch to be stolen, so this is my daily here.

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                          It's very beaten up because it is a tool.....Need to fix this when I get home....

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                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            goosehd
                            Mod Squad
                            @Giles
                            Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                            @Giles I see the guidebook in the back ground…are you looking for the elusive Costa Rican tits or are they plentiful this time of year?

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              Unfortunately, most of them are American.....

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                mclaincausey
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                @Giles if you’re bird watching there’s an excellent app called Merlin Bird ID made by Cornell University that you should check out. My favorite feature is you can set it to listen and it will identify all the birds making noises within range of your phone.

                                https://pg.allaboutbirds.org/

                                Think it, be it.

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  Thank you. We have it thanks.....Costa Rica area loaded before we came....Every single birder/guide we have seen here is using it.....

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    Go For Chill
                                    Haraki san Prodigy
                                    Joined: 3 Jan 2025

                                    My daily setup. I work them all plenty hard, and take care of them just the same.

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                                    "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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                                      Graeme
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                      The Hour Glass in Melbourne had a Cubitus on display in their window. I didn't get a chance to try it on because all their Patek specialists were in a meeting when I passed. Or they thought that I was too scruffy to afford one. I'm not convinced by the design; it looks like the sort of slightly upmarket quartz watches you would see in an Argos catalogue back in the eighties or nineties.

                                      Cubitus

                                      The Omega boutique had a few new pieces in, including the Flight Qualified Speedmaster that @ddtrash posted a few weeks ago. I liked the dial, but, as @JDelage observed, it's a bit chonky.

                                      Flight Qualified

                                      There was also the turquoise Aqua Terra. I loved the dial on it.

                                      Aqua Terra Turquoise

                                      My favourite was the Summer Blue Ploprof, which was announced nearly two years ago, and has taken some time to get to market.

                                      Ploprof

                                      The rubber strap had the model's name on the keeper, and I liked the angled cut for its tip.

                                      Ploprof Strap

                                      The only problem is that the asking price is $23.650 (Australian). A titanium Blancpain Bathyscaphe is $24,000, a regular Fifty Fathoms is $27,000, and the Glashütte Original SeaQ is $20K on the bracelet. All of these are finer watchmaking than the Omega.

                                      I dropped by the Time and Tide showroom, which sells a number of microbrands. (They've opened a larger one in London, just off Oxford Circus. I'll have to take a look next time I'm there.) I wanted to take a look at the Furlan Marri Disco Volante, which they had in green. It's powered by a Peseux 7001 movement, and it is a very small and very slim watch. There's a ring of lume around the dial and subdial, which is a contemporary twist on a vintage style watch. I liked it, but it felt a little small on me.

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                                        goosehd
                                        Mod Squad
                                        @Graeme
                                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                        @Graeme That aqua terra is beautiful!

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                          Graeme
                                          啓蒙家
                                          @goosehd
                                          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                                          @goosehd I agree. If I was buying an Aqua Terra, I'd go for that dial.

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